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Category: Landmarks

The Agawam Diner

August 10, 2025November 14, 2025 Gordon Harris2 Comments
Agawam Diner when it was in Ipswich

The Agawam Diner on Rt. 1 in Rowley was built by the Fodero Dining Car Company in 1954, and was originally located on Market St. in Ipswich. Two Strand diner cars preceded it at that location.

Posted in Landmarks, Places, StoriesTagged Agawam Diner, Depot, Rowley

The Devil’s Footprint

November 1, 2024March 8, 2026 Gordon Harris1 Comment

Imprinted into the rocks in front of the First Church in Ipswich is the footprint of the devil, left there forever in a legendary encounter with the traveling English evangelist George Whitefield in 1740.

Posted in Landmarks, LegendsTagged 1740, Ipswich, Whitefield

The Fox Creek Canal and Robinson’s Boatyard

October 2, 2024January 6, 2025 Gordon Harris5 Comments

The Fox Creek Canal is the oldest man-made tidewater canal in the United States, dug in 1820. In 1938 it was dredged to accommodate ship-building at Robinson's Boatyard, where small minesweepers were constructed for World War II.

Posted in Landmarks, PlacesTagged 1820, Crane Beach, Fewkes, Fox Creek, Ipswich River, Robinson's Boatyard, WW2
Ipswich MA historic photos by William Varrel

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Early Inhabitants of Ipswich, Massachusetts by Abraham Hammatt
Ipswich Massachusetts Revisited by William Varrel

ยฉ Gordon Harris 2026

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